The Coast Is Queer offers celebration of LGBT+ literature

A new festival of LGBTQ+ voices in literature in Brighton, The Coast Is Queer brings together writers, performers, academics, activists and readers on Thurs 12 – Sun 15 Sept. It’s a weekend of events, workshops, panel discussions and performances to celebrate queer lives and writing.

LGBTQ+ writers make a phenomenal contribution to literature and publishing and yet representation and opportunities are still scarce. The Coast Is Queer is set to bring a focus to LGBTQ+ lives and to celebrate high calibre fiction, journalism, research, activism, performance and thinking from and about the LGBTQ+ community. Brighton is an ideal location – a city widely known as a safe place for LGBTQ+ people and the cornerstone of much LGBTQ+ culture and activism.

Over a long weekend in mid-September The Spire, a magnificent Grade II listed community arts centre in East Brighton. will host talks, workshops and performances, literary cabaret and a literary History Club. There will be opportunities to meet writers, participate in writing workshop activities and to buy and browse at the festival’s bookstall, run by Brighton & Hove’s largest independent bookshop, City Books.

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